The Disability Book Archive

[ID: A book cover. It is golden. In the centre, in between the title and the authors name, the faint image of a wolf on its hind legs. The text, from top to bottom,reads:
“From the author of the New York Times bestseller A Clash of Kings” in small, white capitals
The authors name “George R. R. Martin” in large, yellow capitals
The book title “A Game of Thrones” in large, yellow capitals. /end]

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Content Warning:

• Murder
• Incest
• Violence and Gore
• Pedophillia
• Child Marriage
• Child Pregnancy
• Rape and Sexual Assault
• Death
• Slavery
• Death of a parent
• Death of a child
• Queerphobia
• Sexism and Misogyny
• References to suicide
• Self-Harm
• Physical Injury
• Kidnap
• Torture
• Emotional, Physical and Domestic Abuse
• Vomiting
• Infidelity
• War

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Summary:

Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons out of balance. In a land where summers can last decades and winters a lifetime, trouble is brewing. The cold is returning, and in the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister forces are massing beyond the kingdom’s protective Wall. To the south, the king’s powers are failing—his most trusted adviser dead under mysterious circumstances and his enemies emerging from the shadows of the throne. At the center of the conflict lie the Starks of Winterfell, a family as harsh and unyielding as the frozen land they were born to. Now Lord Eddard Stark is reluctantly summoned to serve as the king’s new Hand, an appointment that threatens to sunder not only his family but the kingdom itself.

Sweeping from a harsh land of cold to a summertime kingdom of epicurean plenty, A Game of Thrones tells a tale of lords and ladies, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and bastards, who come together in a time of grim omens. Here an enigmatic band of warriors bear swords of no human metal; a tribe of fierce wildlings carry men off into madness; a cruel young dragon prince barters his sister to win back his throne; a child is lost in the twilight between life and death; and a determined woman undertakes a treacherous journey to protect all she holds dear. Amid plots and counter-plots, tragedy and betrayal, victory and terror, allies and enemies, the fate of the Starks hangs perilously in the balance, as each side endeavors to win that deadliest of conflicts: the game of thrones.

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Notes:

The books behind the emmy award winning TV series “Game of Thrones”.

For more information on content warnings please see here and here.

If you want more information on disability representation in the TV series, please see here.

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Archivist Comments:

I have never read nor watched anything in relation to Game of Thrones so all information on this list is down to pure research.

I am aware, however, of some of the controversy surrounding this series and all I will say on the matter is this:

It was suggested to me and after enough research, I’ve decided the disability representation is sufficient enough. Its inclusion does not mean that I, personally, agree with or even like the author and/or some of the things within the book.

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